Friday 30 March 2018

V.T. BHATTATHIRIPAD.

The Nambuthiri caste produced some of the outstanding social reformers in
Kerala.V.T.Bhattathiripad was one among them.His main sphere of activity centred
around the Namputhiris.He wanted to eradicate the evil customs and practices of the
Namputhiris.His motto was “make the Namputhiri a human being”.He was co-founder of
the Yogakshema Sabha and its youth wing Namputhiri Yuvajana samajam. He wanted to
uplift the Namputhiri women folk. He worked for widow remarriage and education of
Namputhiri women.For this purpose he wrote a famous literary work-Atukkalayil Ninnum
Arangatheykku. (From kitchen to the stage).This play helped the growth of awareness
about the evil customs prevailed among the Namputhiris.

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